LE FUT UR
A. FORMATION:
To the ENTIRE INFINITIVE, add -AI,
-AS,
-A, -ONS, -EZ,
-ONT
Il parlera. Nous choisirons. Je vendrai. ( drop the - e of -re verbs)
B. IRREGULAR STEMS:
1. s'asseoir:assiér2. aller: ir3. avoir: aur4. boire: boir5. courir: courr6. devoir: devr7. envoyer: enverr8. être: ser9. faire: fer10. falloir: faudr11. valoir: vaudr12. mourir: mourr13. cueillir: cueiller-
14. pleuvoir: pleuvr15. pouvoir:pourr
15.recevoir: recevr16. savoir: saur17.venir: viendr18. voir: verr19.vouloir: voudr20. - yer verbs/nettoyer: nettOIER21. e-è verbs:achèter- (all through)
22. jeter: jetter-/appeler:appeller- (all through)
These same irregular stems are used for CONDITIONNEL.
C. MEANING:
J'irai en France.
I will go to France.
D. USES
1. to indicate that an action or state of being WILL OCCUR
2. after QUAND / LORSQUE (when), DES QUE / AUSSITOT QUE (as soon as),
and APRES QUE (after) IF the action is one which will actually occur in the future as
opposed to one that HABITUALLY occurs:
Quand je vais en France chaque été, je visite Paris. (present, present)
When I go to France EVERY SUMMER , I visit Paris.
BUT-
Quand j'irai en France, je visiterai Paris. (future/future)
When I go to France (at some future date), I'll visit Paris.
Quand tu iras en France, visite Paris. (future/command)
When you go to France (at some future date) , visit Paris.
HINT: FUTURE-FUTURE & PRESENT-PRESENT
When one clause is in the future, the other will also be in the future (or be a
command).When one is in the present, the other will be too.
LE CONDITONNEL
A. FORMATION:
To whole infinitive add the imperfect endings: -AIS, -AIS, -AIT, -IONS, -IEZ, -AIENT
B. It has the same IRREGULAR STEMS as FUTURE
C. MEANIN: J'irais en France avec toi. I WOULD GO to France with you.
D. USES
1. to express a POLITE COMMAND or REQUEST
Je VOUDRAIS une coca.
I'D LIKE a coke.
2. with DEVOIR to show OBLIGATION or DUTY
Je DEVRAIS y aller.
I SHOULD (OUGHT TO) go there.
3. with POUVOIR to mean COULD or WOULD BE ABLE TO
Je POURRAIS te voir.
I COULD (I'd be able to) see you.
4. to express an action that would take place IF something else were to happen:
Je FERAIS mon travail SI j'AVAIS le temps.
I WOULD DO my work if I had the time.
S'il PLEUVAIT, je n'IRAIS pas.
If it rained, I wouldn't go.
NOTE:
1. In the this case, SI always means IF. Drop the i of the SI before IL(S), but NOT ELLE(S).
2.The imperfect is always used in the SI clause (when it is followed by conditional), but
it is translated as simple past.
SEQUENCE OF TENSES
SI CLAUSE
RESULT CLAUSE
Présent
S'il pleut-----------------------------------
Futur, Présent, Imperatif
-j'irai, je vais, allez.
Imparfait
S'il pleuvait-------------------------------
Conditionnel
-j'irais.
Plus-que-parfait
S'il avait plu---------------------------------
Conditonnel Passé
-je serais allé.